The great raconteur and TV talk pioneer Dick Cavett discusses how he went from studying theater at Yale to hosting a nationally syndicated series on ABC. The Dick Cavett Show (1968-1973) helped move late-night television talk to a format that also included conversations with the intellectual giants of the day. Cavett remembers discussions from his series with guests including: Katherine Hepburn, Richard Burton, Janis Joplin, Sly Stone, Norman Mailer, and Gore Vidal.